Game On: Hornets @ Milwaukee

I’m a little worried about this game.Â It is a classic letdown game.Â It’s the second night of a back to back after a charged, emotional, and tough game against the Heat.Â Add to that the fact the Hornets have already beat this team, and they may look past them and get caught.Â You can’t look past any team in the NBA.

This preview isn’t long since Milwaukee hasn’t changed in the ten days since we last saw them.Â There are some perceptions about the Bucks, however, that have changed.Â Yes, they are still just as stingy on defense as they were last year, posting the 6th best defense in the league.Â It’s their offense, however, that has struggled rather than improve like expected.Â A lot of that blame is directed at Salmons, who was solid last year, but this team needs to share the blame.Â Of the six players who take more than 5 shots per game, only one is averaging better than 1.2 points per shot.Â To put that in perspective, 1.2 points per shot is below average for the league – so every one of the team’s primary offensive options other than Corey Maggette takes a lot of shots to get a few points.Â The result is the 29th best offense.Â Or maybe I should say the 2nd worst offense.

Oh and Brandon Jennings?Â The much ballyhoo’ed up and coming point guard?Â He’s still what we thought he is.Â 12.7 shots per game producing only 1.16 points per shot. 7 assists to 3 turnovers.Â Even with solid defense, that’s not “franchise point guard.”Â That’s Raymond Felton.

The Bucks beat Indiana by four last night,Â so lets see if they can get a streak started, or if the Hornets own streak rolls on.

What really impressed me in the 4th were the defensive stops we got. Pass after pass after pass the Bucks couldn't find the open man, and if they got it down low, J Smith, D West, or Mek were there playing physical D. What got me more excited, though -- other than going 6-0 -- was getting a "what's up" head-nod from MT5 when I was holding up my MT5 jersey during a timeout. What got me a little worried was how the lead started to slip through the 4th quarter. CP3, though, hit some great floaters in the lane. DWest got to the line. Remember when we couldn't win on the road for anything!?
Had hoped to see the whole game, but due to some circumstanced beyond my control (an electrical fire on the plane to Milwaukee), we made an emergency landing in Memphis and I got to Milwaukee 6 hours late. Going to stay positive -- safetly landed and got to see the Bees live on the road for a quarter. 6-0, baby! Get ready, Clippers, it's going to get loud in the Hive on Tuesday!

I feel like I'm about to be arrogant about our team's success ... lol ...
I just can't help it. I'm on a natural high right now.
I feel like talking stuff to people, and laughing in their faces about it!
L_Reazy

man were doing really good. and this shows that we can win those tough, grit it out games.... This team is doing a lot of impressive stuff... im still very disappointed in Bayless. And our bench is gonna have to have more of an impact, when we player better teams... but im just being pessimistic...
6-0!!!!
NO ONE was expecting this.